JUSTIN BIEBER
Justin Bieber (born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer, actor and songwriter. After a talent manager discovered him through his YouTube videos, Bieber released his debut EP, My World, in late 2009. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Following his debut album (My World 2.0) and promotional tours, he released a 3D biopic-concert and his second studio album, Under the Mistletoe (2011), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. He has sold an estimated 140 million records, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists, and became the second person to reach 100 million followers on Twitter in August 2017 after Katy Perry. Bieber has won numerous awards throughout his career and has been listed four times by Forbes magazine among the top ten most powerful celebrities in the world. In 2016, Bieber became the first artist to surpass 10 billion total video views on Vevo. (More from Wikipedia)
Justin Bieber is the most successful musician to get his start on this video hosting service; a talent scout with So So Def Records clicked onto one of his videos on YouTube by accident in 2008, and he began singing for Usher shortly thereafter when he was just 13. Besides selling more than 100 million records, Wikipedia reports: “[Justin] Bieber also became the first artist to surpass 10 billion total video views on Vevo.”
(June 2017)
